Secure Data, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, today announced the availability of BorderWare's MXtreme Mail Firewall Appliance 3.0, which was developed to combat the proliferation of unsolicited e-mails and the growing threat of malicious code that is costing businesses around the globe tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity.
MXtreme Mail Firewall Appliance 3.0 delivers the most comprehensive solution for protecting e-mail systems from all threats including spam, viruses, Trojans and worms, to malformed messages and denial-of-service attacks, while enabling overall e-mail server functionality, sophisticated routing and delivery, and secure remote access.
BorderWare's third-generation e-mail security appliance features the following key enhancements:
* Anti-Spam Powered by Brightmail. In addition to its effective and automated built-in spam-fighting technologies, MXtreme now provides the option to use the Brightmail Anti-Spam 5.0 enterprise level solution. Brightmail is the anti-spam market leader, currently protecting over 1 000 enterprise and ISP customers with over 275 million e-mail users worldwide. The Brightmail option in MXtreme automatically delivers the most effective spam-fighting technology with an accuracy rate of only 1 in 1 000 000 false positives, and requires no on-going IT administration.
* Integrated Anti-Virus from Kaspersky Labs. MXtreme 3.0 now includes Kaspersky anti-virus, one of the industry's leading solutions for protecting against all kinds of malicious code. Kaspersky's award-winning technology is completely integrated in MXtreme 3.0 delivering total, real-time virus protection with automatic updates at the network perimeter, where viruses typically enter. Each model of the MXtreme includes unlimited user licensing, adding to the defence-in-depth strategy that complements anti-virus solutions at the desktop.
* Graphical Detailed Systems Management Reports. MXtreme 3.0 now provides a series of graphical and customisable system reports that track and monitor mail flow, spam, viruses, system health and other usage. The reporting system provides IT departments with important metrics and analysis of their investment in e-mail security.
Government grade security
At the heart of MXtreme's security technology is S-Core, a hardened operating system integral to the Common Criteria EAL4+ (with EAL5 vulnerability analysis) certification attained by the BorderWare's firewall server. The Common Criteria is a set of international standards subscribed to by 16 nations (including the US) that grades products on their security and reliability, as well as the vendor's development and support processes for ensuring quick responses to problems. EAL4+ is the highest grade achieved by a firewall product, a rating recommended by the US Department of Homeland Security.
"Any company currently assessing the state of their e-mail infrastructure because of such threats as spam and viruses, should be looking at a comprehensive solution," commented John Alsop, President and CEO of BorderWare. "Whether you're looking to reduce overall security risks or lower IT administration costs and increase end-user productivity and quality of service, MXtreme 3.0 easily delivers on all fronts."
Solutions for all enterprises with new pricing
MXtreme comes in three models to meet the needs of small, medium or large enterprises and include unlimited licences of Kaspersky anti-virus within the price. The MX-200 can typically accommodate up to 250 users, the MX-400 product is geared for up to 2 000 users and includes RAID 1 and the highly fault-tolerant MX-800 is oriented towards large enterprises. Models can be used in multiple combinations to accommodate load-balancing and redundancy requirements.
For further information, please contact Jan Coetzee at telephone (011) 257 8600; fax (011) 257 8699; e-mail janc@sd.co.za.
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BorderWare Technologies Inc is the security appliances company. The company's "application specific" appliances for network firewall+VPN, e-mail, DNS and document collaboration, protect mission-critical network resources in sensitive environments and are deployed at various military, intelligence, defence and national security agencies, and corporations worldwide. BorderWare has affiliations and partnerships with some of the industry's most prominent companies in Internet infrastructure and security including Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, St Bernard Software, BlueCat Networks and SSH Communications Security.
Founded in 1994, BorderWare is a private company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Dallas, San Jose and Washington DC.
Secure Data
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate antivirus and content security, network security, intrusion detection software, and network asset management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the southern African distributor for Canadian-based BorderWare, SA-based Cell-ID, UK-based Centennial and US-based Network Privacy. For more information, visit SecureData at www.sd.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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